Missouri House Bill #HB546 – Rushing the Adoption Process

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February 4, 2015

There is yet another bill trying to rush the process of adoption.

Missouri HB 546 Changes the Laws Regarding Adoptions

Sponsor: Spencer, Bryan (063)
Proposed Effective Date: 8/28/2015
LR Number: 1319H.01I
Last Action: 01/20/2015 – Read Second Time (H)
Bill String: HB 546
Next Hearing: Hearing not scheduled
Calendar: Bill currently not on a House calendar

Adoption Bill Changes in a Nutshell:

  • Reducing  the law and birthparents rights: 48 hour post birth limit on consents  reduces to a to a 24 hours
  • Pushing adoptions to be finalized in 3 months rather than 6
  • Opens  the door for  adoption advertisements
  • Introduces some out of state nonsense?

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Claudia Corrigan DArcy
Claudia Corrigan DArcy
Claudia Corrigan D’Arcy has been online and involved in the adoption community since early in 2001. Blogging since 2005, her website Musings of the Lame has become a much needed road map for many mothers who relinquished, adoptees who long to be heard, and adoptive parents who seek understanding. She is also an activist and avid supporter of Adoptee Rights and fights for nationwide birth certificate access for all adoptees with the Adoptee Rights Coalition. Besides here on Musings of the Lame, her writings on adoption issue have been published in The New York Times, BlogHer, Divine Caroline, Adoption Today Magazine, Adoption Constellation Magazine, Adopt-a-tude.com, Lost Mothers, Grown in my Heart, Adoption Voice Magazine, and many others. She has been interviewed by Dan Rather, Montel Williams and appeared on Huffington Post regarding adoption as well as presented at various adoption conferences, other radio and print interviews over the years. She resides in New York’s Hudson Valley with her husband, Rye, children, and various pets.

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2 Comments on "Missouri House Bill #HB546 – Rushing the Adoption Process"

  1. Cindy A. | February 6, 2015 at 2:10 am |

    What do they mean by ”adoption advertisements”? People have been taking out ads in the newspapers in this state ‘advertising’ for an infant to adopt for decades.

    • admin admin | February 13, 2015 at 4:15 pm |

      Well in some states that is deemed legal and in some it is deemed unethical. Illinois
      made it against the law a while back, so other states are finding that they need to decided.

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